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Marriage OF an Old Couple.

William Roche, colored. AGED, it is said.
about eighty.tve years, and Mary smith, col
ored, aged IS years, We're married in Abbeville
last Thursday night, by Rev. f. Pau Green
ige, pastor Of the colored Methodist church.
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Bridge Notice.

V,HE contract for building bridge across
/ Turkey Creek near A. M. Agnew's will be
let to the Lowest Responsible Bidder at the
bridge on the 10th of March next at II o'clock
A. NJ. Contractor 10 give bcnd and security
at letting. G. NJ. MAIIlsON,
Feb. 7, 1857, St
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RELICS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Old Letters Which are InfereStfnS...
The Spelling and Punctuation are
Alter the Original Copy.

We have been shown two curiosities in the
way of original letters written in IT'S nearly
one hundred and ten years ago. in the very
midst of our Revolutionary struggle. and
about the business which then most engroSsed
this section of the country. The paper shows
plainly its great age, but the ink stands fast,
making them quite lrGibie. Both letters we're
addressed TO that active. staunch. old whig
capt. John Bowie, of Revolutionary fame,
who left many descendants in this country,
and among them his great grandson, our rs
teemed fellow-c!tizcn, Major y. Il Wardiaw
One Of the letters is in the bold hand OF
RawlinS i.ownd"s, uf Charles Town, supposed
t. he the father Of the great statesman OF that
name: and the other vas written by Major
Andrew Williamson, ~ that time l;,mou nS n
great Indian fighter. who first settled and re-
sided at White Hall in this county.
Capt. John Bo'ric:
SIn-I perceive, by the proceedings OF the
Court martial held on the 18th instant, that
.Jonn Martin. one of your soldiers. was found
guilty oC quitting his post, when Centinal ttt
a6 goal, by which means five Prisoners made
their Escape.
don't know higher Offence in all the Cat
a!ogr of Military Crimes. than the one that
Mar" has been foun' guilty of. and one that
il a'tendC', with more fatal Consequences
By his neg 1t notorious offenders have eS-
cape Il ,;ust &C.: The Laws have been aA:onted,
aid pub!i@k Justice cluded: those whose
Crimes tl.c Law would have punished with
Death. has gone free, and Other Grim mas are
tIclT iiiS
curly OF 81 Guard may hereafter be looked
upon as Insignificant IL d of no Consequence.
Martin deserves Death, and 1"any lessor
Oncnces IN the SOldiery nave hecn - pun
ished and had he been tryed hy General
Court Martial ii is prutableAhat would have
been his rate: But he has been merciiully
death with, altogether and his Sentence has
been very mild and Compassionate.
have received from his Captain. good
Acct OF his behavior heretofore, which leads
me tG hope, ttnt tc will hereafter Attonc fi,r
this high Offence. by more attentive course
and ViSien' conduct so as TO wipe of the
Reproach and Stigma. this Act OF his, has
fixed upon his character.
do therefore Permit and Pardon the Pun
iShment, the Sentence of the Court Martial,
have doomed him to suffer in hopes. this Len
i.y Will have good Effect, on his future Life
and behaviour, and that he will in future
act the part Of a Faithful and good Soldier.
I recommend TO you, Sir, TO call to se;ere
, Acct in future all Offences Of this sort Com
mlttcd by your men: tins Instance of mercy
to Martin, if disregarded. ought 10 be !irsu.
ment for increasing the punishmC mt of those
who may hereafter Offend in like manner.
am Sir,
Your most Obede. hum Servt..
RAMS. LOWNDES.
Chas. Town, Is June, lis.
! capt. John Bo,cic.
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The Public Schools.

School COMMISSIONER 4. 2
Feb. II, 1887, At
, 1887-05-05
One Months Bill.

Some people complain that every little
infraction of the law is not punished as
severely as it should be, and the express
sion is frequently heard in reference to
some petty offender, well, that fellow
ought to go to Jail for six months" Such
people do not stop to consider where the
county would be in two or three years and
perhaps in less tine if the law was en-
forced in all of its severity. One of the
bills acted upon by the county commits
sioners yesterday was a bill for the board
Of prisoners at the county jail for the
month OF April. The bill was strictly
within bounds and every item therein was
legal, and was allowed without question,
tie amount being 1887. 50. From the bill
it was learned that thirty persons in all
are now or have been confined in the
county Jail during the past thirty days,
Some of these were only in jail for a few
days, but it is easy to see that the item of
boarding prisoners in Laramie county is no
small One.
, 1887-05-05

1t is the duty of every person who has
used Boschee'S German SyIup to let its
wonderful qualities be known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and
in fact all throat and lung diseases. No
person can use it without immediate re-
lief. Three doses will relieve any case,
and we consider it the duty OF all drug
gists to recommend it to the poor, dying
consumptive, at least to try n bottle, as
10000 dozen bottles were sold last year,
and NO one case where it failed was re-
ported. Such a medicine as the German
Syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask
your druggist about it. Sample bottles
to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size, IS
cents. Sold by all druggists and dealers
in the United States and Canada.
, 1887-05-05
Took Their Departure.

About the only thing of interest that
happened Yesterday forenoon was the de-
parture of Philip Zehner, ST., and
Stephen Bon, Sr. for New York, from
whence they will sail for Europe on Mon
day next. A large number OF people
went down to the train to see them aboard
and bid them good bye. They expect to
be gone abroad about three months, and
will not only visit Germany, Mr.. Zehner's
native land, and Switzerland, where Mr..
Bon first saw the light of day, but other
countries also. The two will travel to
gether while abroad and do not intend to
go separate ways after reaching the old
country. They have an appointment to
meet A. Jackson somewhere on the other
side Of the Atlantic, but whether in Ger
many or England is not known to anyone
and perhaps not as yet to themselves.
, 1887-05-05
Fort ID. A. Russell Notes.

FORT RUSSELL, May 4.-The Hoyt
Rag BABY company paid our post a visit
yesterday.
Mrs. Col. Offiey returned to-day from
her Montana visit.
Col. Alexander Chambers is making ar
engagements to go on a six months leave
on account of sickness.
Regimental Quartermaster Sergt.
Pierpont has been promoted to post
quartermaster sergeant and assigned to
duty at this post.
Lieut.. Daniel A. Brush has been re.
lieved from duty as regimental and post
adiutant and placed in command of
Co. +.
Lieut.. ". A. Mann, adjutant 18th in
fantry, has returned from a visit to Hot
Springs, Ark, where he went some time
ago, on account of i'll health.
The troops at this post will be paid this
afternoon for their February aud March
services rendered "Uncle Sam
, 1887-05-05

Items Of Interest Concerning Prominent
People.

j. S. Taylor went down to Colorado
yesterday morning.
County Assessor T. Joe. Fisher re.
turned from the North yesterday.
Rev. r. L. Field and j. Y. Cowhick
returned from Colorado last evening.
Mrs. Miller, mother of Mrs. j. C.
Abney, departed for Pierre, Oak, yester-
day.
W. I. Haines departed yesterday for
New York City, where he will hereafter
reside.
Messrs. Stephen Bon and p. Zehner
departed for Europe via Denver Yesterday
morning.
Mrs. Col. Ofley and her neice Miss
Marshall returned yesterday morning
from a trip to Montana.
Judge Charles f. Miller returned from
an extended Southern trip last evening.
When last seen by the reporter the judge
was holding a levee at the Cheyenne Ma
tional bank corner, shaking hands with
his many friends.
, 1887-05-05
BEeINNINc Operations.
McDOnald's Brick Yard Starts--Capi-
toI b. { *, Etc.

The brick yard owned and run by z. j..
Mcdonald, a short distance northeast of
the city, was started in running order yes
terday and the work of putting up the
100000 additional brick contracted for by
the capitol contractors was begun. The
yard started with nearly twenty men en-
ployed. which number will shortly be in.
creased to thirty. Mr.. Mcdonald states
that after he gets in good working order
he expects to be able to put up from 90
900 to 2 $4,000 brick per day, and if such
be the case the amount of brick required
for the completion of the inside walls of
the capitol will be forthcoming faster than
they will be needed. Should it become
necessary. however, with a few hands in
addition to those already at work in the
yard, $4,000 per day can be put up with
out difficulty. As the distance over which
the brick will have to be hauled is not
very great and the roads smooth, the
brick can be delivered at the capitol site
at small expense, with little breakage and
in excellent condition. p. II. Duffy, an
experienced brickmaker, who has been
with Mr.. Mcdonald for seven years, is the
foreman at the yards, and will keep a part
of his force on day and night.
There are two other brick yards neal
Cheyenne, Miller's aud Talbot's, which,
when they start up in connection with, Nc
Donald's, will be able to supply pretty
nearly all the brick that will be needed in
Cheyenne this season, even though the
building boom does strike the city with
unusual force.
, 1887-05-05

1t transpired during the discussion on
the avenue ordinance at the meeting of
the city council on Tuesday evening, that
the real purpose of introducing the ordi-
nance was not so much for the purpose of
having any particular names given as it
was to have the streets running north and
south through the city. At least DR..
Hunt, who introduced the original ordi-
nance, gave some very good reasons why
it ought to pass. Several of the members
of the council seemed favorably disposed
toward this proposition, and it is not only
possible, but probable, also, hat it will be
done in the heal future.
, 1887-05-05
, O 5
A Real Estate Transaction With No
'ODtiOnD In II.

Some days ago a stranger in Cheyenne
to secure the right of way for a railroad(?l
and that there were eighteen blocks in the
south part of the town that he wanted to
get hold of. OF course he would like to
have some sharp real estate men get them
TOR him. He wouldn't say what railroad
it was, bat it was a railroad-in his mind.
Another thing, the matter must be kept
very, very secret, you know, and above all
the reporters nus not find it out. He
was assured there would be no difficulty.
The stranger would give $4,000 for the
blocks, but that, in his judgment, was
1000 too much. After he went out n
of the members of the firm slipped around
and finding the owner of the eighteen
blocks-of course not letting on that there
was a railroad(R connected with the offer,
and the result was that the two real estate
men gave their note for $4,000 for the
property, the note being payable May l.
Somehow the railroad officially failed to
materialize, and hasn't been seen since,
but yesterday the owner of the blocks
came around with the $4,000 note (the
property was probably worth about half
that and demanded payment. Great
Caesar, what a commotionl One account
of the affair is to the effect hat one OF
the two real estate men got hold of the
note and tore it up. What the outcome
of the affair will be no one is able to tell.
LATER.-A suit has been brought for
the cover Of the sum of $4,000
claimed to be due on the note above men
toned.
, 1887-05-05
Good Results in. Every case.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper deal
er, of CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, writes that he
was seriously afflicted with a severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit. Being induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, did so and was entirely cured
by use of a few bottles. Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results. This
is the experience of thousands who have
been saved by this wonderful discovery.
Trial bottles free at w. N. Hunts drug
store.
, 1887-05-05

Since the recent rains, show storms and
liz yards, there is a large quantity of
water in Crow creek again. For some
days the water has been flowing as fast as
the capacity of the pipe line" will ad-
NIT of into Lake Terry and from thence
into the upper lakes. so that they are now
filled to their utmost capacity. Lake
Minnehaha is also nearly full of water
and will be kept in that condition from
this time on-at least such is the intention
of the city authorities. 1t is not at all
probable that the time will ever come
again when there need be any anxiety
about water Except as to the matter of
purifying it), for before another spring
comes. and before that time all water
rights on Crow creek and its tributaries
will be permanently adjusted, and while
there has been no scarcity this spring, it
is claimed that for a time parties living
above the city were drawing from Crow
creek rather more water than they needed.
, 1887-05-05

10 those subject 10 the vexations Of
business life, dyspepsia and a feeling of
debility, irritabi ity and dependency, we
say, take Simmons Liver Regulator. The
regulator is free from any injurious min
eral substance; not disagreeable; can be
taken at any time without interfering with
business or pleasure. 1t is gentle, safe
and a good digestor. 1t is unequalled In
the cure of piles, constipation, bad breath,
sick headache and bilious complaints.
, 1887-05-05

For Carpenters, Builders and others.
Having sold my lumber yard, | now offer
my entire stock Of Lumber, Shingles and
all kinds Of Building Materials at a great
reduction for the next sixty days, owing to
my being compelled to vacate the prem
ises. Il. r. HURD.
, 1887-05-05
Died.,

Little Roy Rishel, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Rishel, died yesterday, after an ILL.,
ness of three weeks. The funeral will be
held this afternoon at . o'clock, at the
Methodist church, Rev. D, L. RAIDER Off
ciatipa.
, 1887-05-05
A Dlnrr or Pocket Communion

for everybody; a useful note and account
book containing Centennial calendar and
also valuable hints for the health and com.
fort of all. Don't fail to get it. Send 0
two cent stamp to J. Fl. Zeilin & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
, 1887-05-05

N AIouSc Blood Elixir is the only
ANNSON - Blood Remedy guaran-
teed. It is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
lions or Syphilitic Poisoning. Itpurifes the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
DR.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-05-05

Fine lace curtains which were formally
sent to Chicago are now beautifully
laundried at Cheyenne Steam Laundry.
, 1887-05-05
Employment and Real Estate once

Just opened in room Is, Mercantile block.
Those in need Of help and those out Of
interest to give me call. Bargains in
real estate. j. III. GODDARD.
, 1887-05-05

gentlemen fancy 0Ger'-
shirts fss percafe and inn
ported cassesnere, at VI.
Marks, Eddy sfreet.
, 1887-05-05

Lots in K~elley's addition still OH the 90
and will soon be gone.
, 1887-05-05

My trees will be here on Monday next,
when | will be ready to set them out.
d. FISK.
, 1887-05-05
poNLoe that are fretful. peevish.

OSSc cross. or troubled with
Windy. Collie, Teething Pains. or
at once by using Acker's Baby soother.
It contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence Is safe. Price 20 cents. Sold by
DIR. w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-05-05

Cheyenne Transfer company-From
five pounds per day to a carload at a time
Reasonable reductions to large consumers
, 1887-05-05

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNER, BUEoHNER & Co.'s.
, 1887-05-05

Chudren's Jersey Suits Just
receiced at ~. Marks,
Eddy street.
, 1887-05-05

Before Quitting call on Polack,
Clothier.
, 1887-05-05

The largest stock of tine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hQueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-05-05

Hats cheaper than any house can sell
them, at POIACK'S.
, 1887-05-05
NEW LOCAL NOTICES.

of Baird. voorhees, & Hammond's rail
road section. Remember that the title is
based upOn a United States patent to the
Union Pacific Railway company. Prices,
Sl37 NJ. Terms, one-third cash, balance
in sixty and one hundred and twenty days.
Call on the real estate agents for further
information.
, 1887-05-05

es & Historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
, 1887-05-05
ODDS AND ENDS.
Stray Leaves From a Reporter's
Note Book,
Gathered During the Past Twenty
Four Hours.

The school board will hold a meeting to-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-14
Got the Pass.

81 have dozens of applications for passes
every day. said the treasurer of Chicago
theater, "but now and then we have to
deal with some ideal specimens of cheek. A
man quite well known here came to me
the other day and asked for some seats.
informed him that he must see the manager,
who was at that time sick in bed at his
hotel. I, of course, thought the man would
wait until some other time, but he went
around to the hotel to see the manager. At
the elevator he met q gentleman who had
just left the sick mans room. and who told
the pass fiend that the physician had ad-
ministered an opiate to the patient. He adj
vised the fellow to postpone his visit. 'Oh,
WE'LL said the fiend, I'm only going for a
pass. I'll wake him up and he will go right
to sleep again He got the pass. Chi
cago News.
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News and Notes from Solomon.

Miss Lulu Whitley returned last week
from Kansas City, where she has been
visiting her sister for month.
Miss Nav Butler went to the metrop-
oils of Saline county last Thursday for
short visit.
Rev. C. w. Caseley has been returned
to the charge of the Methodist
church for another year.
Mr.. Id King, of the Lake Superior
Lumber Company, was in Salina and
Ellsworth last week.
Rev. ]. r. Cooper leaves this week
to attend the meetings OF the Solomon
Presbytery. :.
Mr.. James Hughes has rented one OF
the houses in what is known as Pom
thus row."
A disastrous fire swept over the
prairie northeast Of town last Saturday
afternoon. A large barn and six hun
dred bushels OF corn, belonging to Mr..
King, was destroyed fine orchard
partially ruined. and a young orchard
of Mir. Crowell was entirely ruined.
The fire came within four feet of the
house. The fire started near town.
Someone was burning rubbish and a
whlrlwind came and soon took 1T be-
yond his control. A costly lesson, but
certainly an effectual one.
Mr.. j. Coleman, of Garfield, shipped
two car loads of cattle to Kansas City
Monday evening.
Rev. NJ. Simpkins, of Salina, came In
on the evening train Monday.
Mr.. Robert Smart and family, recent
ly of Salina, are visiting friends here.
He soon leaves for California. Several
years ago he was Solomon's genial and
gentlemanly postmaster.
Mr.. III. Shadinger, Of Abilene, was
seen on our streets the first of the
week.
The following officers were elected
Monday: Mayor, II. b. Aldrich COun-
cilmen, Messrs. r. A. Sullivan, j.
Dewar, L. w. Hale, w. c. Haskell, j.
T. Nicolay; Police Judge, John Shaver.
For the first time the ladies voted,
about one hundred and twenty of them
coming to the polls. Many fail to see
what difference it will make in the long
run, while all are willing the law should
have fair trial. The ladies showed a
great deal of zeal in driving around in
their carriages after voters.
MessrS. Case and Brady, of Abilene,
were in town Tuesday
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Give the Devil His Due.

sermon in Ireland, was invited to dine with
the judges, and having in his sermon con-
sidered the uses and abuse of the law, he
then pressed a little hard upon those coun-
selors who plead causes which they know in
their consciences to be wrong. When din
ner was over, and the wine began to circu-
late, young barrister retorted upon the
dean, and, after some fencing, the counsel
or asked him: eff the devil were to die, a
parson might not be found who for money
would preach his funeral sermon Eyes,
SIR" quickly replied Swift, 81 would gladly
be the man, and 1 would then give the
devil his due, as l have this day done his
children American Law Review
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G'Iang!
imported Bulls.

The Irish bull is sometime introduced into
this country with the most gratifying
effect. Baron Dowse, of the Irish ex-
chequer, let loose some famous specimens
when he sat in the house of commons. Re-
plying to a question relating to some secta-
rian celebration in Derry, he is reported to
have said: "These celebrations sir, take
place at an anniversary, which occurs twice
a year in Derry" The other evening we
encountered an equally well developed ex-
ample of the bull A member of the Eng
lish bar, an Irishman well know in society
for his many amiable qualities, was dis
cussing a current topic with considerable
animation. He was occasionally interrupted
by one of the company, and at length be-
coming irritated he addressed his friend with
much dignity, and said: "You can inter-
rupt me, SURF, when I'm done spakingr'-
Pump Court
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THE POISON OF MALARIA.
The Researches of Tommasi-Crudeh and
Others-On the Roman Campagna.

Others-On the Roman Campagna-
When we talk of the Roman climate
we can not disassociate the theme from ITS
distinctive characteristic-the malarial
poison. What is this poison? Till the re-
searches of Tommasi-C rudeh and Klebs,
published in 1879, the most plausible
answer was that of DIR. Leon Colin, who
defines it as an 'intoxication tellurlque,
an earth poison generated by the surplus
vegetative energy of an abnormally fer
tile soil, whose fecundity was very par
tally absorbed by the scanty sprinkling
of heritage that overspread its surface.
Cultivate this soil, render to this vegeta-
tive energy its appropriate pabulum, and
YOU provide the antidote to malaria.
Such, stated with extreme brevity, was
the theory of Leon Colin, embodied in
work of great ability, which, appearing
as it did, at the outbreak of the Franco
German war, encountered public too
preoccupied to give it the study it de-
served.
Tommasi-C rudeli combats this theory.
He denies that the Roman Campagna
possesses anything Ike the exuberant fe-
cundity with which it has been credited.
Its really fertile tracts are few and far
between, rarely compromising the agrl-
culturist for his labor-as, indeed, was
well known to ancient husbandmen.
Then, again, if the poison were gaseous,
as Leon Collins theory implies, the NAL
aria surcharged atmosphere ought to be
at its maximum at MONDAY, when the
exhalation from the soil il greatest; but
on the contrary, the localities IN which
malaria is most pronounced reach their
maximum of danger in the morning and
evening-those periods of the day when
the difference of temperature between
earth and atmosphere renders the ascend
ing aerial currents most powerful and
most apt to transport the material OF the
poison. That material, according to
Tommasi-C rudei, is a living ferment,
encountered equally on the mountain and
plain, in dry soils and in humid. Its ex-
istence was suspected and unscientitically
described as long ago as the decline OF
the Roman republic by the agriculturist
Varro, and its nature and form are de-
fined by Tommasi- Crudei as a ''Schizo-
metes bacillaris.
For its development it requires tenn
perature not lower than twenty degrees
c. Ia moderate degree of humidity and
the immediate contact of the atmosphere
with the soil it infects. AS the absence OF
a single one of these conditions prevents
the development of the malaria, so cer-
tain localities exhibit at times a natural
SUSPENSION of the poison. In winter, for
example, the fall Of the temperature be-
low the required twenty degrees causes a
thermic suspension; the loss of the neces-
sary humidity under prolonged drought
causes a hydraulic suspension; and the
interposition of sheets of water or of a
thick mating of turf on the lying down
of pavement, by preventing the imme-
date contact of the atmosphere with the
infected soil, produces an atmospheric
suspension of the malaria.-London Lam
Get.